A post-strike letter to University of Manitoba students from UMFA president Mark Hudson
Over a month has passed since members of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) closed our picket lines and returned to work in labs,…
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Liberals on the wrong side of history with pipeline approvals
The prime minister helped create thousands of new jobs, billions of dollars in new revenue for our country, and strengthen international trading relationships. But at what cost?
A historic opportunity squandered: reflections on the UMFA strike settlement
As one of us wrote in these pages a few weeks ago, the recent University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) strike stood to win historically significant…
Don’t tell international students to accept fee increases
Far past the closing of the 35th annual general meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), tweets rang out early into the night with…
Women’s and gender studies should be a requirement for all university students
I was once a young student entering my first year at the U of M with no idea which direction I was heading. However, if…
Canada’s student movement is split between practicality and ideology
This is the latest in a series of instances in which the left-wing student movement, with which I typically identify, has put ideological dogma ahead of tangible progress.
What’s in store for students now that the strike is over?
Our success this year will depend on how willing both professors and the administration are to fully accommodate students.
The Conservative Party of Canada is ripe for a populist takeover
Unless they can find a way to harness a new, coherent vision for the country that sets them apart, their chances of victory in the next federal election are conservative at best.
After the storm: what happens now that bargaining is over?
Administration and faculty are both essential to the governance and direction of the university.
Winnipeg should follow Sweden in their dramatic overhaul of road safety regulations
Nearly 50 per cent of pedestrian-vehicle collisions happen when the pedestrian is crossing an intersection.